Forest Area School District
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| Forest Area School District | |
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 Map of Forest County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red) and Townships (white). | |
| Address | |
22318 Route 62 Box 16 Northwestern Pennsylvania
, Forest County, Venango County, Elk County[1], Pennsylvania, 16353United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public school district |
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| Website | https://www.forestareaschools.org/ |
Forest Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in northwestern Pennsylvania. It is the public school entity for all of Forest County. It serves the communities of Marienville and Tionesta,[2] along with a portion of President Township in Venango County,[3] and Millstone Township in Elk County.[4] The district encompasses approximately 500 square miles (1,300 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,946. By 2010, the District's population increased to 8,255 people.[5] The educational attainment levels for the Forest Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 80.9% high school graduates and 9.8% college graduates.[6] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 57.8% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[7] In 2009, the District residents' per capita income was $14,370 a year, while the median family income was $33,333.[8] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[9] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[10] In Forest County, the median household income was $36,556.[11] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[12] In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.[13]